Oak Grove Township, Benton County, Indiana Explained

Official Name:Oak Grove Township
Settlement Type:Township
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:United States
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Indiana
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:Benton
Government Type:Indiana township
Established Title:Organized
Established Date:July 1840
Area Total Sq Mi:35.53
Area Land Sq Mi:35.51
Area Water Sq Mi:0.02
Population As Of:2020
Population Total:1551
Population Density Sq Mi:43.6
Timezone:EST
Utc Offset:-5
Timezone Dst:EDT
Utc Offset Dst:-4
Elevation Footnotes:[1]
Elevation M:228
Elevation Ft:748
Coordinates:40.5192°N -87.265°W
Blank Name:FIPS code
Blank Info:18-55620[2]
Blank1 Name:GNIS feature ID
Blank1 Info:453681

Oak Grove Township is one of eleven townships in Benton County, Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 1,551 and it contained 690 housing units.[3] It was one of the first three townships originally created by the county's commissioners in 1840.[4] It takes its name from White Oak Grove which grew southwest of Oxford.[5]

Geography

According to the 2020 census, the township has a total area of, of which (or 99.94%) is land and (or 0.06%) is water.[3]

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Unincorporated towns

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Cemeteries

The township contains two cemeteries: Justus and Oxford.

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Citations

  1. Web site: US Board on Geographic Names. 2008-01-31. United States Geological Survey. 2007-10-25.
  2. Web site: U.S. Census website . . 2008-01-31 .
  3. Web site: Explore Census Data . US Census Bureau . 18 February 2022.
  4. Book: Birch , Jesse Setlington . History of Benton County and Historic Oxford . 1928 . 1942 . Craw & Craw, Inc. . Oxford, Indiana . 20 .
  5. Book: Andreas , Alfred Theodore . Illustrated Historical Atlas of the State of Indiana . 1876 . Baskin, Forster & Company . Chicago . Benton County .

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